SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
THE ELECTION OF 1860
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Question
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Democrat John C. Breckinridge
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Republican John C. Breckinridge
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James Hockinns
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the 1860 United States presidential election, Breckinridge captured the electoral votes of most of the Southern states, but finished a distant second among four candidates. Lincoln’s election as President prompted the secession of the Southern states to form the Confederate States of America.
Detailed explanation-2: -James Buchanan, the 15th President of the United States (1857-1861), served immediately prior to the American Civil War.
Detailed explanation-3: -It was held to nominate the Republican Party’s candidates for president and vice president in the 1860 election. The convention selected former representative Abraham Lincoln of Illinois for president and Senator Hannibal Hamlin of Maine for vice president.